Posts Tagged ‘lot’
**ONLINE EXCLUSIVE**
JEFF PRINCEBack in the 1960s and 70s most people under 30 would have given their left nostril to be Chris O’Dell.
Pool Sharks
PETER GORMANJust before noon on a recent Sunday morning, several cars pulled up in front of a nice but unremarkable house in Arlington. The drivers – all men in their 30s, 40s, and 50s – got out, grabbed their gear, and headed ...
‘Tween a Rock and a Parking Lot
JEFF PRINCEResidents on Roosevelt Street felt like they’d been blindsided by a burly linebacker after Arlington city officials announced in August that they would begin charging $25 a car for parking on city-owned lots during Dallas...
All Roads Lead to West 7th
Last CallBefore closing about a year ago, The Pour House was a Sundance Square institution, a 13-year-old sports bar with the spirit of an inviting nightclub and a kitchen that rivaled that of a fine-dining establishment. It was with gl...
Hang Time
DAN MCGRAWAs far as sports viewing goes, football is best seen on television. Even if you have great seats at midfield, the action is often 30 yards or more away from you. And if you have seats up in the rafters, it is almost impossible ...
Two Juans Make It Right
LAURIE BARKER JAMESCan you name the current executive chef at Reata Restaurant, probably the most well known purveyor of cowboy cuisine in Sundance Square? It’s not co-founder Grady Spears, whose tenure ended in 2000. Tim Love? Never was an...
Big Game
JIMMY FOWLERAfter almost a year of buzz, the indie-rock quintet Dove Hunter released its debut album earlier this summer.
“Bait” and Switch
Laurie Barker JamesMy sister’s a sushi freak. Even when I mocked her and said I would never eat what most people consider to be bait, she persisted.
Plain-spoken
Local author Jarid Manos spares no detail in telling of his troubled youth and inspired adulthood.Books
There are a lot of hard-knock stories that follow a character from the bottom of society’s barrel to a better life full of clean living.
The Cowboys’ Lament
The ranks of those who work cattle for a living grow thin, but some maestros persevere.Peter Gorman
Tater Paschal is up at 5 a.m. at his house in south Cleburne, putting the coffee on, then heading out to his barn to feed his horses, getting ready for another day of cowboying.